Here are some aggregate break statistics from the US Open 8-Ball Championship, played the past three days at the Rio Las Vegas Resort & Casino. The promoter, CueSports International, provided pay-per-view streaming.
The conditions for this call-shot 8-Ball event included: Diamond 7-foot table with 4½" pro-cut corner pockets, Simonis 860 Tournament Blue cloth, Cyclop TV balls (including the cue ball), jump cues allowed, breaker racks using the Magic Rack template with balls from alternating groups around the perimeter, alternating breaks from anywhere behind the head string, cue-ball fouls only, table open after the break, ball in hand anywhere on the table after a foul on the break, making an 8-ball on the break does not count as a win (breaker's choice to spot the 8-ball and continue or to re-break), and an illegal break unless a ball is pocketed or at least 4 object balls reach a cushion (none occurred).
These stats are for all 17 streamed matches:
Wednesday, July 29
Overall results -- The breaker made at least one ball and did not foul 67% of the time (157 of 233), won 64% of the games (148 of 233), and broke and ran 52% of the games (120 of 233).
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 233 games.
Break-and-run games: The 120 break-and-run games represented 52% of all 233 games, 81% of the 148 games won by the breaker, and 76% of the 157 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
With alternating breaks, B&R "packages" of the normal type are not possible. But we can still look at the breaks of a given player and see how many he ran on his own successive breaks, and we can call these "alternate-break packages." The 120 break-and-run games consisted of 1 alternate-break 6-pack (by Shaw), 3 alternate-break 5-packs (1 by Robles and 2 by Orcollo), 3 alternate-break 4-packs, 8 alternate-break 3-packs, 18 alternate-break 2-packs, and 27 singles.
8-balls on the break: The 8-ball was made on the break 3 times (1.3% of the 233 breaks), and it was spotted rather than counting as a game win.
The conditions for this call-shot 8-Ball event included: Diamond 7-foot table with 4½" pro-cut corner pockets, Simonis 860 Tournament Blue cloth, Cyclop TV balls (including the cue ball), jump cues allowed, breaker racks using the Magic Rack template with balls from alternating groups around the perimeter, alternating breaks from anywhere behind the head string, cue-ball fouls only, table open after the break, ball in hand anywhere on the table after a foul on the break, making an 8-ball on the break does not count as a win (breaker's choice to spot the 8-ball and continue or to re-break), and an illegal break unless a ball is pocketed or at least 4 object balls reach a cushion (none occurred).
These stats are for all 17 streamed matches:
Wednesday, July 29
Rodney Morris defeated Scott Frost 9-0
Thorsten Hohmann d. Dennis Hatch 9-4
Jeremy Sossei d. Maceo Butts 9-3
Rodney Morris d. Skyler Woodward 9-7
Shane Van Boening d. Dennis Orcollo 9-2
Mark Tademy d. R. Saez 9-4
Thursday, July 30Johnny Archer d. Raymond Faraon 9-4
Warren Kiamco d. D. Appleton 9-8
Jayson Shaw d. Tony Robles 9-8
Shane Van Boening d. Jeffrey Ignacio 9-3
Rodney Morris d. John Morra 9-2
Dennis Orcollo d. Jason Klatt 9-1
Friday, July 31Dennis Orcollo d. John Morra 9-7
Dennis Orcollo d. Rafael Martinez Chavez 9-7
Mike Dechaine d. Rodney Morris 9-8
Dennis Orcollo d. Rodney Morris 9-1 (semifinals)
Dennis Orcollo d. Mike Dechaine 11-9 (finals)
Overall results -- The breaker made at least one ball and did not foul 67% of the time (157 of 233), won 64% of the games (148 of 233), and broke and ran 52% of the games (120 of 233).
Here's a more detailed breakdown of the 233 games.
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 127 (55% of the 233 games)
Breaker lost the game: 30 (13%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 3 (1%)
Breaker lost the game: 18 (8%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 18 (8%)
Breaker lost the game: 37 (16%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 64% (148) of all 233 games,
He won 81% (127 of 157) of the games in which he made at least one ball on the break and did not foul.
He won 14% (3 of 21) of the games in which he fouled on the break.
He won 33% (18 of 55) of the games in which he broke dry but did not foul.
He won 28% (21 of 76) of the games in which he either fouled on the break or broke dry without fouling.
Break-and-run games: The 120 break-and-run games represented 52% of all 233 games, 81% of the 148 games won by the breaker, and 76% of the 157 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
With alternating breaks, B&R "packages" of the normal type are not possible. But we can still look at the breaks of a given player and see how many he ran on his own successive breaks, and we can call these "alternate-break packages." The 120 break-and-run games consisted of 1 alternate-break 6-pack (by Shaw), 3 alternate-break 5-packs (1 by Robles and 2 by Orcollo), 3 alternate-break 4-packs, 8 alternate-break 3-packs, 18 alternate-break 2-packs, and 27 singles.
8-balls on the break: The 8-ball was made on the break 3 times (1.3% of the 233 breaks), and it was spotted rather than counting as a game win.
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